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aidrocsid  ·  3494 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Should Progressives support Bernie?

There's most definitely an aspect of that to it too. Like I live in MA. Last election we elected Charlie Baker Governor. I didn't vote for him, but I like him. In retrospect, if I'd watched the debates I probably would have voted for him. He's Governor so his party affiliation doesn't cause any problems at a national political level and he does a good job. I've spoken with a number of Democrats who say they don't like him, though, even though they can't give a more coherent reason why than that he's a Republican. They don't have any policy criticisms or problems with how he votes or what bills he supports or anything he's ever said, they just don't like the little R next to his name.

I definitely don't agree with that sort of thinking.